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Tao; a version of the Chinese classic of the sixth century B.C.
by Hartnett, Michael
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good +
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About This Item
Dublin: New Writers' Press, 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Limited edition of Tao by Irish poet Michael Hartnett, inscribed by the author.. Octavo, 20pp. Black boards with creme spine, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "published, in an edition limited to 500 copies" on copyright page. Black endpapers. Sound binding, clean text. Spine ends lightly bumped, boards bowed outward. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "...for their hospitality to a stranger. Mar 73 / Michael Hartnett." Part of inscription is covered by correction tape. In publisher's original dust jacket, retail price on front flap, toning to interior, top edge rubbed, chipping to top spine end with a small closed tear at joint. A nice example. This work was first published in the Dublin literary magazine Arena in 1964.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12280
- Title
- Tao; a version of the Chinese classic of the sixth century B.C.
- Author
- Hartnett, Michael
- Illustrator
- Limited edition of Tao by Irish poet Michael Hartnett, inscribed by the author.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- New Writers' Press
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Michael Hartnett poet, Michael Hartnett limited edition, Tao Hartnett, Anatomy of a Cliché, A Farewell to English Hartnett, Poems in English Hartnett, Adharca Broic, An Phurgóid, Do Nuala, Foidhne Chuainn, Inchicore Haiku, An Lia Nocht,
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